This is not an active blog anymore. But it does provide access to a 30-minute, monthly public access program that aired in Thurston County in Washington from January 2006 through December 2007. The show was produced for and by birders with help from the Black Hills Audubon Society and the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge and was recognized by the Audubon Society for its contribution to birding.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Before I started doing Birdwise, I produced a live, call-in show called Trivia King. The series ran for three years. The last year, I served as a sponsor and responsible adult to the youth (including my youngest son) who operated the show. In 2009 when my oldest son, Riley, the original show host, was out of school (and out of work), we revived the show for three consequtive weeks in December. y. Check out our promo, it's a hoot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO0b3Ja-oys

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Tom Schooley and I (Tim Sweeney) received a special award for education from the Black Hills Audubon Society for producing two years of Birdwise. I have to admit I have missed the show since we stopped producing in December 2007. At the same time, I recognize we were running out of steam and it was good to stop while the programs were still getting good rather than having the quality deteriorate. My latest videos can be found by searching Google Video. Look for an Olympia-based blues band called FishTrap doing original music and an amazing compendium of Thurston County Democrats citing the 2008 county platform shown before an audience of 2,000 people on April 17.

Tom on Marshmallows

Web videos

I apologize for the low resolution of the web version of Birdwise. I uploaded these original through Google video at a time when I barely knew what I was doing. I have since migrated the videos to YouTube. They don't attract many viewings but if you're interested in birding, they are a nice reference.